Lastly, I get the feeling some of you will never be happy until the PERFECT candidate shows up. Unfortunately, that person will never exist. If George Washington was reincarnated and running for office, you would probably dump on him too.
Ayup.
I think part of the problem is that so few of us realize just how diverse the electorate is. People on our side forget that there are lots and lots of voters out there that aren't in full lockstep agreement with our positions all down the line. Naturally, any sensible politician will court those other voters, too, not just us. And when they do we dump on 'em as if they've committed an unforgivable sin.
Another problem is that we're incapable of setting aside minor disagreements and working on the big picture goals that we all share. We'd rather snipe at each other over minor matters than cooperate to make changes we all can agree on. Contrast that against the left, where they've managed to unite feminists, academia, blacks, journalists, unions, celebrities, environuts, gays... And look what they've managed to accomplish because of it. Back on our side, we can't get the libertarians and the Christians to cooperate on mutual interests like reducing the size of government, they'd rather piss on each other over abortion and posting the 10 commandments in public. We can't get the tea partiers to cooperate with the Republicans on mutual interests like lowering taxes, they'd rather argue Ron Paul vs John McCain.
If we don't get real with ourselves, shed some of this naivety, agree to cooperate despite minor differences, and make peace with our imperfect systemof government, then we're completely hosed. We will have
no chance at all of saving our country.